Throughout the 21st century, Apple Inc. has been a market leader in the technology world by continually releasing innovative products that are simple and easy for anyone to use. If you walk around the airport for two hours, I can guarantee that you see iPad users between the ages of 3 and 93. Apple has built its empire by developing bold new products that are two years ahead of the competition. But Apple has recently decided to become a late entrant in the music streaming industry, the fastest growing form of music listening. The company announced on Monday that iTunes Radio will be launched this Fall as radio streaming player for all Apple products.

Strong Field of Competition

Apple faces a lot of competition in the music streaming field. Pandora Radio is currently seen as the market leader for web radio streaming. Pandora has been perfecting its recommendation service, media player, and user experience for the last 13 years. The company was reported to have over 150 million users. Another key player is TuneIn Radio which offers users over 70,000 global radio stations from every continent. Many tech heavyweights are getting involved as well. Facebook partnered with Spotify which allows users to search directly for artists and songs through a catalog of approximately 20 million songs. Users can also share playlists, listen to radio stations, and set up feeds that tell Facebook friends what song you’re currently listening to. Twitter has also talked about starting a music service that suggests songs for user; Google just announced Google Play Music All Access ; and the list goes on.

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In the last few years, the amount of people using the Internet for streaming has dramatically increased, and more often than not, especially on slower connections, buffering can be a major problem.

For those of you who don’t know, buffering is the annoying phenomenon where every so many seconds, the movie you’re watching, or music that you’re listening to, stops playing for a few seconds and loads the next bit, and keeps on doing this for the whole length of whatever you are watching or listening to.

Here are some good ways to speed up streaming on your machine:

* If possible, increase the speed of your Internet connection, especially if you are on a slow ADSL link.

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Mobile phones with enhanced music options have their own intrinsic appeal. Apart from connecting us to our near and dear ones across geographical distances – these special handsets have the capability to relax tired minds after, say, a hectic day at work. Music enabled mobile phones such as the Nokia 5300 help us to listen to our favourite songs and music tracks – even when we are outside the confines of our homes and away from our high-end music players. This is not to say that music players do not have their own importance; the point is to recognize the contribution of music phones like the Nokia 5300 in adding bits of sunshine, joy and romance to many a fast and hectic life in the current context.

The Nokia 5300 comes in a slide open design; great looks of the handset is complemented by a host of mobile music options and features. First and foremost, we must mention the in-built music player with dedicated music keys – this ensures that we are able to hear what we want without going into too much trouble. Our favourite music tracks and songs are accessible just at the click of a button. There are headphones and external speakers for a more personalized mobile music experience. The handset is empowered to carry around 1500 music tracks – quite a substantial number of songs by any standard. It is easy to store music; transfer music; or stream music and we are not let down on any of these accounts.

The sound quality is impressive. Mobile music options are easy to operate. And one can store and carry quite a large number of music tracks. All these translates into an exhilarating mobile music experience; consequently, people with a musical bent of mind are very much interested in acquiring the Nokia 5300 mobile phone to experience all its capabilities first hand.

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